Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals
High Net Worth Guide 2024 : UK-wide
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Corker Binning is an established team with a very strong reputation for regularly advising international high net worth clients on high-profile investigations.
Strengths
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"I'm a big fan of Corker Binning. They're an absolute go-to firm because they've got such strength and depth.They're really confident and that shows in how they work with clients."
"They have experts in criminal law across the full range of seniority. They are used to dealing with the last-minute requests that are typical for this area of work; able to scale up at short notice."
"Corker Binning are superb, based on the excellent service, brilliant strategy and breadth of experience they have throughout the firm."
"I'm a big fan of Corker Binning. They're an absolute go-to firm because they've got such strength and depth.They're really confident and that shows in how they work with clients."
"They have experts in criminal law across the full range of seniority. They are used to dealing with the last-minute requests that are typical for this area of work; able to scale up at short notice."
"Corker Binning are superb, based on the excellent service, brilliant strategy and breadth of experience they have throughout the firm."
Notable Practitioners
David Corker is a highly respected financial crimes lawyer, and deals with a wide range of financial crime matters, typically acting for high-profile individuals under SFO and FCA investigation.
"David is incredibly creative. He's had fantastic results for individuals. He's gone a different way totally and he's had brilliant results."
"David Corker is an amazing lawyer whose default thinking is out of the box."
Peter Binning is a prominent figure in the financial crime legal industry. Binning regularly advises on high-profile and complex financial crime matters.
"Peter Binning is a very experienced operator; he is excellent."
"Peter Binning is a really wise counsellor and a good man."
Andrew Smith is highly regarded by multiple market sources, particularly for his work on complex financial crime matters.
"Andrew is highly cerebral and really good on technical stuff. If you have an arcane Companies Act prosecution that no one's done in years, he'll have done it."
"I would put Andrew at the top of my list of personal recommendations for a POCA or money laundering issue. He's excellent in this area."
"Andrew Smith is a very cerebral lawyer, keen to get to the bottom of the trickiest legal question."
Jessica Parker is highly regarded for her work in financial crime matters.
"Jessica Parker is an incredibly polished performer, who handles the most difficult problems and clients with an analytical approach that serves them very well."
"Jess is an excellent communicator with clients and makes great tactical decisions in cases."
"Jessica is mindful of the impact various strategies may have and their knock-on effects. She's very bright, has a very good way with clients, and has been involved with very high profile cases."
Maia Cohen-Lask is a well-regarded up-and-coming solicitor focused on advising clients on financial crime matters.
"Maia Cohen-Lask is a new partner with great enthusiasm for this area of law, quickly making a name for herself."
"Maia is brilliant to work with and good with clients, even those who are not easy to get information out of."
"Maia is vibrant and full of ideas, and incredibly hard working; she absorbed the whole case and could point out the details. She just knew it all."
Claire Cross regularly acts for high net worth clients involved in white-collar crime investigations.
"Claire has a background of working in private practice and for the FCA, so she is so well placed - better than anyone else in the market - to help on these matters."
"Claire is incredibly well versed in anything for financial crime and regulation and has a unique insight. She also has brilliant client care. She is highly skilled and has good technical knowledge."
"Claire Cross is a former prosecutor with an excellent feel for the overall case strategy."
Nick Barnard advises clients on financial crime matters, including SFO investigations.
"Nick's a very interesting person; he has ideas about cases and great tactical insight, and he's also very hard working and on top of the detail."
"Nick Barnard is a new partner with excellent instincts, a very human touch and a great sense of humour."